I'm excited by science and its ability to improve and extend our lives. Currently hunting for a treatment for sclerosteosis @ UCB and @ Tuks (RSA).
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Timothy Dreyer retweeted
29 Aug 2025
Cover image showing pseudo-colored trabeculae of the Sost -/- proximal tibiae, highlighting how bone thickness varies, measured by µCT. This cover image was contributed by @DrScottJRoberts , the Royal Veterinary College, London, UK.🥳
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Timothy Dreyer retweeted
25 Apr 2025
Scientists are testing a new drug, LGK974, to treat sclerosteosis—a rare disease that causes dangerously dense bones and serious health issues. Early results in mice show it may help reduce bone overgrowth without surgery!😁
#bone
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15 Apr 2025
New drug targets #sclerosteosis, an ultra-rare, potentially fatal bone disease:
nature.com/articles/s41413-0…
Identifying the drug (LGK974) as a much-needed potential sclerosteosis treatment is a significant step forward for patients with this #raredisease.
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15 Apr 2025
💊 What We Found: A drug called LGK974 reduced skull and ear bone mass of young mice with #sclerosteosis, indicating that it effectively limits skeletal overgrowth at sites with severe/fatal pathology.
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15 Apr 2025
📋 Importance: LGK974 therapy would likely be an option for early disease treatment in children, potentially avoiding risky surgical treatments and providing massive relief to these patients and their families.
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Timothy Dreyer retweeted
29 Feb 2024
🚨 IT'S RARE DISEASE DAY GLOBALLY! 🚨 Join us marking #RareDiseaseDay 2024! Spread awareness, share stories, and support those living with rare diseases. Together, we make a lasting impact! #ShareYourColours
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Timothy Dreyer retweeted
28 Feb 2024
⏰ Just one day to go until #RareDiseaseDay 2024!
#DidYouKnow there are 6000 known rare diseases?
Visit rarediseaseday.org for key statistics on rare conditions. 🦓
#ShareYourColours
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Timothy Dreyer retweeted
29 Feb 2024
Our group from @RoyalVetCollege representing rare disease research at this month's #ORS2024 where @TimmyJDreyer presented on therapeutic discovery for Sclerosteosis. Remembering that there is so much work left to do, on #RareDiseaseDay - onwards to a cure!
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Timothy Dreyer retweeted
5 Feb 2024
Two fantastic podium presentations and an excellent poster presentation from our lab @RoyalVetCollege during #ORS2024. Congratulations @LeahWells961, @TimmyJDreyer and @alpacamanpriv - you have all knocked it out of the park! Very proud PI here 🙂 #drugdiscovery #skeletal
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Timothy Dreyer retweeted
22 Nov 2023
Great evening talking about everything musculoskeletal - from canine osteoarthritis, to why astronauts lose bone, and the ultra rare human disease sclerosteosis #NightAtTheVetCollege @RoyalVetCollege with @TimmyJDreyer
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Timothy Dreyer retweeted
13 Jul 2023
A new form of expansion microscopy called ChromExM can be used to expand chromatin to visualize transcription at high resolution, according to new research in Science.
Learn more ⬇️
📄: scim.ag/3kG
#SciencePerspective: scim.ag/3kF
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Timothy Dreyer retweeted
8 Jul 2022
What a fantastic achievement! @LeahWells961, @alpacamanpriv and @TimmyJDreyer with New Investigator Awards, and @DrSarahBoneBiol with the Best Basic Oral Award at the @BoneResearchSoc Annual Meeting in Manchester. Well done guys - you are stars🌟 @RoyalVetCollege #bone #research
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Timothy Dreyer retweeted
7 Jul 2022
@TimmyJDreyer joined #BoneUP #Live to talk about #sclerosteosis
An ultra rare genetic bone condition
#BRS22 #BRS2022 @BoneResearchSoc
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Timothy Dreyer retweeted
💜 We are delighted to retain our top ranked position in veterinary science again in the QS @worlduniranking 2022
#1VetScience #QSRankings #StillMakingHistory
➡️ Read more at: rvc.uk.com/qs-rankings-2022
➡️ Share and celebrate at: rvc.uk.com/celebrate
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Timothy Dreyer retweeted
20 Jan 2022
Looking forward to working with this super talented team along with RVC and UCB colleagues on this exciting project! #ankylosingspondylitis #sclerosteosis
20 Jan 2022
🦴 A new collaboration between the RVC and biopharmaceutical company @ucb_news will explore disease causing mechanisms of two severe bone diseases characterised by bone overgrowth
➡️ Read more at: rvc.uk.com/ucb-excessive-bon…
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Timothy Dreyer retweeted
13 Dec 2021
“I’m dreaming of an osteocyte christmas”🎄🦴 #TeamBioGingerbread @BioRender @DrScottJRoberts @alpacamanpriv @TimmyJDreyer
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Timothy Dreyer retweeted
1 Nov 2021
Only a few days left to apply for this postdoc position, come work on understanding skeletal disease with us 🙂
18 Oct 2021
📢JOB ALERT: Interested in skeletal biology and disease? An exciting postdoctoral position (2 years of funding) is opening in my lab @RoyalVetCollege (Closing date 3rd November)
More info and application link here: jobs.rvc.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?…
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23 Aug 2021
The response towards our research fundraising campaign has been incredible - more than halfway to our target!
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There's one more week left until the campaign ends and any further contributions, big or small, will be much appreciated!
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